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As of late I've been watching a Youtube creator, DiPDoT[0], building a relay computer. DiPTDoT's project is still in-progress. His computer has an 8-bit data b
by EvanAnderson 2y ago
As of late I've been watching a Youtube creator, DiPDoT[0], building a relay computer.
DiPTDoT's project is still in-progress. His computer has an 8-bit data bus and a 16-bit address bus[1], like the Zusie. His registers are a little more generous than the Zusie.
I really enjoy the sound of DiPDoT's test rigs running his cards thru functional testing. The rhythm of a relaying computer running code with loops is probably pretty fun.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/@dipdoting https://www.youtube.com/@dipdoting
[1] https://youtu.be/GwNZFNtruTY?t=60 https://youtu.be/GwNZFNtruTY?t=60
- alnwlsn 2y agoOne of the most polished diy relay computers (and video series) I've seen is by Paul Law [0]. He's been working on it for over 10 years, and has just started a series on using it to calculate Pi. [0] https://www.youtube.com/@paul80nd https://www.youtube.com/@paul80nd
- artemonster 2y agothe guy uses same relays as I do and he solders them onto pcb. Ive learned my lesson the hard way that these relays are unreliable and they do die, so in my design all of relays are socketed. hope the guy will adjust his design too
- pvitz 2y agoDo you buy the sockets or do you have a custom solution for that?
- artemonster 2y agothese are just simple DIL sockets